Corn planter



May 3, 1927. I G. M. YACK'LEY CORN PLANTBR me@ Auk. 2v. 192s gmx/wko@ f amg Patented May 3, 1927*.

UNITE-D STATE-s PATE-NT. 'oF-Flea.

CORN PLANTER.

Application filed August 27, 1926; Serial No.,131,972.

This invention relates to corn planters, and has particular reference to yan improvement on the invention set forth 1n Patent No. 1,574,955, dated March 2, 1926and issued to this applicant.

It is an object ofthis invention to provide sult which will be displaceable when rigid.. obstructions are encountered, the said device having novel means whereby the defiecting element will be yieldingly held in operative position in order thatit will be displaced', as stated, when an object is encountered which offers resistance greater than that of the means foil retaining it in operative position. Y v

It is furthermorethepurpose of the inventor to provide means whereby the deflector will be maintained in operative relation to a shoe of a corn planter and guided to its operative position after it has been displaced and the shoe has passed over the object that displaced the deflector.

It is a still further object of this invention to provide a deilector having an operative forward edge of novel construction effective to withstand wear and impact due to its use, a condition which will prolong its utility and minimize the cost of maintaining it in eiiicient state.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 illustrates a view in elevation of a fragment of a corn planter showing a device embodying the invention applied thereto; l

Figure 2 illustrates a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 omitting parts above the upper edge of the deflector; and

Figure 3 illustrates a: perspective view-...of

a retaining elementfor guidefor thede-v lector.

In these drawings, 5 denotes a ,portion of a frame ofia corn planter and 6 a shoe. Th@ ,i

parts just identified are but conventionallyv shown, .but theirconstruction iwill;be undeii stood byathose .skilled inthe art.y

Arbracketfor arm 7 hasone ofl itsqends anchoredA tothe planter structure and itfpreferably extends forwardlyY andv downwardly and issupplied with acrossbolt,or,v pivot 8, on which thedeflector 9 is, oscil-Y.

latablyunounted. The pivot 8 may beninsertedl inany oneiof theA apertures, identihedby the numeral 10, to regulate vthe depth at which the detlectorl will operate.A The. forward edge of the deflector lsjblunt4 or is" substantially thev same. width as the gage ,of the metal of' whichit is formed, fromits ,75 the `numeral 117 which is substantially-the. depth toiw-hich the deflector will penetrate.

lower front edge to a location identified byS soil as the corn planter is being operated, and from the location 11 upwardly, the front edge may be bevelled or rounded, as indicated at 12. Apertures 13 are formed in an extension of the defiecting blade, which eX- tension projects above the apertures 1() at the forward edge of the blade, and the said apertures 13 are intended to receive a connectingpin 14 for the strap or link 15, by which a spring 16 is anchored to the said extension. The spring has its inner end `anchored to the planter structure in any' suitable manner, as by the device identified by the numeral 17.

The purpose of piioviding'more than one aperture 13 is to permit an adjustment of the spring connection to increase or diminish the tension of th-e spring, and a further adjustment to accomplish this result is afforded by providing the element 15V with a number of apertures, which may be used in connection with the pin 14.

Near the rear edge of thedeflecting blade and arranged in vertical alinement, there is provided a number of apertures 18 intended to receive a fastening 19 such as a bolt, by which a guiding and movement limiting block 2O is secured on the deflecting blade. The block is intended to engage the upper edge of the planter shoe to restrict the movement of the deflecting blade on the pivot 8 in one direction and it serves to prevent the rear end ot the blade from descending too tar under the pull of the spring 16.

In the present embodiment ot the inven tion, the block 2O may have a vertically disposed slot 2l which atlords a limited adjust* ment of the block With relation to tastening 19 and the said bleek has its lower edge channeled in its inner sur-:tace as at 22 to form a clearance ior the reception ot' the upper edge ot' the shoe to prevent any lateral distortion or movement ot the blade while it is being operated and to insure a return of the blade to its normal position in parallel relation to the shoe after it has been displaced.

The operation ot the several parts et' this invention has been stated in connection with a description ot the parts and the construetion, and it is thought that one skilled in the art will appreciate the advantages attending the changed construction over those ot the patent mentioned.

I claim:

1. In a Corn planter having a shoe, a deliecting blade positioned at the side oit the shoe, means for pivotally mounting the detlecting blade in operative relation to the shoe, yieldable means connected to the .shoe above the pivot tor holding the shoe in nor mal position, and means tor limiting the movement in one direction or the blade under the influence ot the said yieldable means.

2. In a detlecting blade for corn planters, a blade having a blunt forward edge in that portion which extends into the soil, said for Ward edge being reduced in Width at the edge above said blunt portion.

3. In a corn planter, the combination with a shoe, ot detlecting blade, means for mounting the blade tor oscillation in a plane parallel to the side ot the shoe, an element secured to the blade near its rear upper edge and adapted to interenegage the upper edge oi the shoe tor retaining the said blade parallel With the shoe and tor limiting the movement et the blade in one direction, and yieldable means connected to the blade above the lirst mentioned pivot for normally holding the rear edge ot the blade depressed with the means in engagement with the shoe.

d. In a corn planter, the combination With a shoe, ot' a detlecting blade, means for n'iounting the blade for oscillation in a plane parallel to the side of the shoe, a block secured to the blade near its upper edge and having a channel in its inner surface adapted to receive the upper edg-e of the shoe tor retaining the said blade parallel with the shoe and ter limiting1 the movement out the blade in one direction, and yieldable means connected to the blade above the iirst mentioned pivot tor normally holding the rear edge ot the blade depressed with the block in engagement with the shoe.

GEORGE M. YACKLE Y. 

